Most of the villagers of Derevnya are ordinary peasants going about their lives. One of them is a monster. Can you divine which one?
Note: A bogatyr is an epic hero from Russian legend.
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Mila
Lord Godemir
Father Cyril
Zvezdana
Onfim
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Mila
Age: 30
Role: Innkeeper
Description: She has a kind but careworn face, auburn hair slipping from under her cap. Looking past her work-roughened hands, she can’t be more than thirty. Those eyes, though. There’s something in those distant eyes, like she’s seen empires rise and fall.
Barks:
Greetings |
Farewells |
Danger Lines |
|---|---|---|
| “You’re just in time for dinner.” | “Don’t go too far.” | “Stay calm. Everything will be all right.” |
| “How’s your leg doing?” | “Taking your sword? Honestly. What are you expecting?” | “Maybe it’s only a beast.” |
Lord Godemir
Age: 50
Role: Boyar (Knight)
Description: He’s a man of fifty, his dark beard streaked with gray. His hat and embroidered kaftan are trimmed with marten fur. A scar sweeps across his cheek and forehead, narrowly missing his eye.
Barks:
Greetings |
Farewells |
Danger Lines |
|---|---|---|
| “So you’re the bogatyr everyone is talking about.” | “Our village is yours.” | “If it can enter consecrated ground, what can stop it?” |
| “What can I do for you?” | “God be with you, bogatyr.” | “No one is going to die tonight.” |
Father Cyril
Age: 64
Role: Priest
Description: A priest sits on a bench by the door, poring over a codex with a cracked leather cover. A curly gray beard falls down his chest, and he has a kindly face with crinkles around the corners of his eyes. His cassock is well-worn but tidy.
Barks:
Greetings |
Farewells |
Danger Lines |
|---|---|---|
| “Oh! I didn’t see you there.” | “Go with God.” | “Don’t believe those pagan superstitions.” |
| “What can I do for you, my child?” | “Don’t forget about those reading lessons!” | “God save us, your servants.” |
Zvezdana
Age: 18
Role: Shepherdess
Description: The shepherdess is pale and freckly, her long braids fastened in two loops behind her ears. Her pale eyes never seem to be looking at anything in particular.
Barks:
Greetings |
Farewells |
Danger Lines |
|---|---|---|
| “Sursurrus of wind on branches, a stranger approaches.” | “Set your feet on solid earth, Rockfall.” | “Moon’s breath slips through the cracks.” |
| “Rockfall again.” | “Watch yourself. I taste fire soot out there.” | “Shhh! Bark touches stone. Smell of a heart pumping hot blood.” |
Onfim
Age: 7
Role: Village child
Description: He’s all elbows and knees, with a snub nose and two permanent teeth kitty-corner in the front of his mouth.
Barks:
Greetings |
Farewells |
Danger Lines |
|---|---|---|
| “Hey, bogatyr!” | “I always get left behind.” | “I am a wild beast. Nothing can harm me.” |
| “I’m up here!” | “Are you off on an adventure?” | “Kill it with your great sword!” |